License to Drill Act
17 September 2026 | Reported by committee (Energy and Natural Resources, without amendment, without written report)
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Official summary (Congressional Research Service, Reported to House): License to Drill Act
This bill extends through FY2037 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees. For each new permit application, BLM collects a fee that is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. (Under current law, the fees are authorized through FY2026.)
Posted 18 September 2026
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